Bed-spring.



H. GARFINKEL.

BED SPRING.

I APPLICATION FILED AFR-26, I915. 1,190,142. Patented July 4,1916.

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BED SPRING. APPLICATION man APR. 26. I915.

Patented July 4, 1916.

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p i a i n fi M1 1 6 9 To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HIMAN GARFINKEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brookof Kings and'St'ate of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bed-Spring, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide a bed-springadapted to be lifted from service position to facilitate the cleaning of the floor below the bed; to provide a spring of the character mentioned with pendent marginal edges for preventing sagging of the bed clothing when in service; to provide means for preventing the mattress from falling off the spring when the latter is uptilted,

to expose the floor beneath the bed; to provide means for adjusting said, edges and spring, whereby said edges 'arecompletely adjusted in advance of said spring; and to simplify and strengthen the construction of the spring.

Drawz'n'ga-Figure l'is a vertical section of a bed spring and fragment of a bedstead shown in conjunction therewith; Fig. 2 is a detail view on an enlarged scale, in vertical section, the section being takenon the line 22 in Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on similar scale, the section being taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4: is a detail view showing in end elevation a fragment of spring frame, the supporting edge thereof being shown in lowered or' inactive position; Fig. 5 is a-similar view showing the supporting edge in its fully active position and the spring frame in an intermediate position; Fig. 6 1s a section of a spring of the 1 character mentioned, shown in fully elevated or inactive position, and a fragment of bedstead constructed and arranged to receive the same; Figs. 7 8 and 9 are detail views of the end of the mattress-supporting edge with which the springs are provided,-

showing the operative connection: between the same and the frame of thespring and the result of the movement of sai'd spring to its raised position.

Des0ripti0n.-As seen in the drawings, the spring frame is provided at opposite ends with rails 15. Said rails are preferably constructed from metal angle bars, the horizontal flanges of which are turned toward the center of the spring frame and'perfo- Specification of Letter-slatent.

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rated to receive. hook members at the. edge of the spring 16. The rails 15 are rigidly connected by the extension bars 17 formed in the present disclosure of suitable tubing. The bars 17 are dropped below the spring 16 to permit the same to yield in service with.- out the body of the. person reclining thereon com ng in contact with the bars 17. Rigidly connecting said bars 17 and rails 15 are rigid brackets 18. The brackets 18 are provided with flanges 19 and 20, the. former of which rests in contact with the horizontal flanges of the rails 15, while the flanges 20 stand in perpendicular relation theretoand in planes parallel with the aXes of the bars 17 It will be noticed that the spring, when constructed'as above described, is not pro vided with the usual side bars, and that the bars 17 which structurally are substitutes for the sidebars of former constructions, are disposed intermediate the longitudinal center of the spring and the lateral edges thereof, thereby distributing the force of resistance afiorded by the bars 17 to the pull of the spring 16 more evenly upon the rails 15.

The rails 15 and spring 16 connected therewith are supported on the sidebars 21 of the bedstead by hollow blocksg22 and 23. The blocks 22 form pivotal supports for the spring, being'pivotally connected therewith by pivot bolts 24. In service, the blocks 22 are held rigidly on one of the side bars 21 by set screws 25, which set screws suitably. engage tapped perforations "in a bracket extension 26 provided in oneof said blocks. 22 to extendv below the horizontal flange of the bar 21. When the block 22 is adjusted to the bar 21, the screw 25 is permanently tightened to hold the blocks '22 rigidly in service position, to, form pivotsupports fortlie spring 16 and frame thereof.

The blocks 22 have rigidly mounted thereon bosses 26, wherein are formed bearings for thepivot bolts .24 and 27. The bolts 2 the positi n shown in Fig. 6 of thedrawings.

The channel blocks 28 have gear toothed extensions 29, which infold the bosses 26,

passing to the opposite sides thereof. The

outer'ends'of each extension are provided with gear teeth 30, a limited number of which are used to engage a corresponding number of gear teeth 31 formed on smaller channel blocks 32, the pivots for which are formed by the bolts 27 passing through the bosses 26. Each of the blocks 32 has an anchor plate 33, to which are secured the ends of the supporting edge 34 formed of woven wire or other suitable material. The edge 34 extends from end to end of the bed spring and when inactively disposed, as shown best in Figs. 1 and 7 of the drawings, said edge is disposed vertically to form a packing or support for the bed clothing where the same hang overthe hair mattress which is usually placed on the spring 16.

The teeth 30 and 31 with which the extension 29 and blocks 32 are provided are limited in number to move the plates 33 and the edge 34 to the horizontal position as shown best in Fig. 9 of the drawings, when the final tooth 30 passes from engagement with the teeth 31. Said plates 33 and edge 34 are held in this position by the last member of the teeth 31 resting against the crown surface 35 with which the extensions 29 are each provided. While the crown surface 35 does not move the blocks 32, it does operate to prevent said block from retractive rotation during the further movement of the frame of the bed spring to the upright position shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings. It will be noted that as an incident to this movement the edge 34 is disposed in its fully-active position before the angle of the bed spring is sufliciently acute to discharge the hairmattress usually deposited thereon. Further, it will be seen that when the bed spring is disposed in the fully erect position indicated in Fig. 6 of the drawings, said hair mattress has the fully-extended edge 34 to rest upon.

As shown best in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the bed spring is held in raised position by a brace 36. Said brace is pivotally mounted in clips 37 of a clamping ring 38, which ring is rotatively mounted on the upper bar 17 to permit said rod to swing to the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 6 of the drawings. At its free end the brace 36 is provided with a hook-shaped foot 39. The foot 39 has an upper and a lower member spaced apart to receive the horizontal flanges of the side bars 21 to engage the same to prevent the overbalancing of the bed spring, and being thereon when said spring is disposed in the upright position such as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

The edge 40 shown in the drawings is pivotally connected with the bars 15 and frame of the bed spring to drop at the edge of the bed opposite to that where the edge 34 is installed. The purpose of the edge 40 is to support the bed clothing when the bed is disposed as in service in correspondence with the edge 34. It is found unnecessary,

however, to move the edge 40 in the manner as above described and as effected by the teeth 30 and 31.

To extend the lateral edges of the spring 16 in juxtaposed relation to the edge 34 a lip 41 is provided, said lip being formed as the result of failure to cut away the whole of the flanges of the rails 15. This holds the edge of the spring 16 in the plane of the edges 34 and 40 when the same are in vertical position.

Claims:

1. A bed spring comprising a frame embodying end rails and a resilient covering for supporting a mattress; supports for said frame pivotally connected therewith, said supports being adapted to be rigidly mounted on a bedstead; a supporting edge mounted on said supports; and means operatively connecting said edge and frame for moving said edge in accordance with and approximately perpendicular to said frame in both the prone and uplifted positions of said frame.

2. A bed spring comprising a frame embodying end rails and a resilient covering for supporting a mattress; supports for said frame pivotally connected therewith, said supports being adapted to be rigidly mounted on a bedstead; a supporting edge mounted on said supports; and transmission gearing operatively connecting said frame and said edge for moving said edge to relatively perpendicular relation with said frame when said frame is in both the prone and uplifted positions.

3. The combination of a bed spring frame adapted to be uptilted on one edge and having rigid end rails and extension bars rigidly connecting the same; a plurality of supporting 4 blocks pivotally connected with said rails; means for rigidly clamping said blocks to a bedstead structure; a supporting edge pivotally mounted on said blocks; and means operatively connecting said edge and said frame for moving said edge to a position approximately perpendicular to said frame when said frame is lifted on said blocks to a position substantially vertical.

4. The combination of a bed spring frame adapted to be uptilted on one edge and having rigid end rails and extension bars rigidly connecting the same; a plurality of supporting blocks for said frame pivotally connected with said rails; means for rigidly clamping said blocks to a bedstead structure; a supporting edge pivotally mounted on said blocks; and means for operatively connecting the same for moving said edge to a service position approximately perpendicular to said frame when uptilted, the movement of said edge being simultaneous with the movement of said frame onsaid blocks and advanced in timed relation thereto for moving the edge to its service position prior to the completion of the movement of the frame to its uptilted position.

5. A bed spring comprising a frame embodying. end rails and a resilient covering for supporting a mattress; a supporting edge mounted on said frame; supporting blocks pivotally connecting said frame and said edge; and transmission gearing operatively connecting said frame and said edge, for moving said edge to a position perpen- Oepies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing Washington, D. 0.

dicular to said frame in both the vertical and horizontal positions of said frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HIMAN GARFINKEL.

Witnesses:

E. F. MURDooK, P111111 D. RoLLHAUs.

the "Commissioner of Patents, 

